How to activate Sentry Print

After Print Scouts are deployed to workstations, a print user can launch the Pharos Sentry Print Setup Guide from their Start menu (or Launcher on Mac). This wizard guides the user through Sentry Print activation on their workstation and mobile device.

Pharos Sentry Print Setup Guide

Note: Users can also launch the Sentry Print Setup Guide via the link in the email invitation they receive. The user must open the email from the workstation on which the Print Scout is to be installed.

Activating a mobile device for Sentry Print

Before you can use your mobile device to release documents, you must first activate it with Sentry Print.

Step 1: Printing a Test Page

From your workstation, click the link on your invitation email to run the Pharos Sentry Print Setup Guide. Or, search for Pharos Sentry Print Setup Guide from the Start menu on your workstation (or Launcher if on a Mac). This will guide you through setting up your mobile device for Sentry Print.

Click Print. Your document will be held in a secure queue awaiting authentication at a device. Click Next to go to the Activate your Mobile Device screen.

Step 2: Activating the Pharos Sentry Print app

Download and install the Pharos Sentry Print app on your mobile device. You can download the app from the Apple or Google Play Store.

Using the app on your mobile device, scan the QR code shown in the Setup Guide on your computer screen. You will receive a 4-digit PIN code.

Enter the 4-digit PIN code shown on your mobile app into the Setup Guide on your computer screen. This will authenticate your account and bind it to your computer and mobile phone.

Your mobile device is now registered with Sentry Print. You can walk up to any Pharos-secured printer to release (print) documents held in your queue. Using the app on your mobile device, scan the QR code attached to the printer to release the test page.

Click Print. Your document will be held for printing. Click Next to take you to the Activate Your Proximity Card screen.

Click Next to complete the activation.

Step 2: Activating your proximity card

Depending on the version of Sentry Print Services that you are running, card registration will function in one of two ways.

SPS11 and earlier

Walk up to any secure printer to activate your proximity card.

Swipe your card and enter your network ID when prompted.

Once activated, a test page will be printed. Subsequent print jobs can be released from any secure printer in the organization.

SPS12 and later

Walk up to any secure printer to activate your proximity card.

Swipe your card and enter your email address and PIN when prompted.

Check your email. Complete the registration by clicking the link or entering the verification code in the Pharos Sentry Print Setup Guide.

Once complete, subsequent print jobs can be released from any secure printer in the organization.

If you have a registration code

Note:This workflow is available only for sites with SR25 Hardware attached to their printers.

This too is a one-time initial setup workflow. Users simply wave their proximity card on the sensor attached to a printer (any printer with SR25 hardware attached). A document is printed with a one-time registration code. Enter the code into the Setup Guide on the user workstation to register that proximity card.